What is Identity, and How are Identities Constructed? Chapter 5 Section 1 Text pages 127-135 What is Identity, and How are Identities Constructed?

Identity How people view themselves Constantly changing Space Scale Time

Identifying Against Defining certain groups as “other” Defining our own group as “not other” Stereotypes aid this Why would people do this? What are some examples?

Gender Social differences men and women, rather than anatomical Defines what is “feminine” and “masculine” What are some of these feminine and masculine qualities identified in the U.S.? What are some things that we associate with being masculine or feminine Changes greatly over Time Space

Race A categorization of Humans based on physical characteristics Some characteristics deemed more important within societies Skin color not a reliable indicator for genetic closeness Japanese, Serbian, and Norwegian children Kenyan, Australian, and Indian children

Race Questions What races do we acknowledge today? Why do we classify based off of skin color?

Racism What is racism? How is this identifying against? Attitude towards visible differences in individuals resulting in concepts of superiority How is this identifying against? Can lead to an ascribed status as opposed to an achieved status Can impact work, social life, living situation, and many other aspects of life

Segregation The act of setting one or more groups apart from another or others Residential Segregation: the degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another in different parts of an environment Five measurements of segregation: Evenness Exposure Concentration Centralized Clustered

Invasion and Succession One group of immigrants come to a city New immigrants move to a city Other immigrants often occupy space in the city New immigrants displace old